Summary of Houses

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4x4 House by Tadao Ando

Project Description:

An important part of the concept of the 4x4 House, is not only the light and the water but also the sound of the wind.

The house combines a rigorous use of geometry with the interest of creating an architecture that in this case becomes

part of the sea.

Year of construction: 2003

Land Area: 117.19 sq. meters

Floor Area: 22.56 sq. meters

Location: Tarumi- ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Materials: concrete, glass and wood

Differences of the 1st and 2nd house:

1st

2nd

Staircase Elevator

Concrete Concrete and wood

Relevant Information:

The structure was made of reinforced concrete;

Design – 2001-2002;

Construction – 2002-2003;

Site area – 65 square meters (700 square feet);

Engineers – Naoto Kashimoto & Takao Mizogushi;

General Contractor – Nakata Construction Corporation;

Landscape consultants – Julie Bargman

Tadao Ando

Japanese architect Tadao Ando spent his early years as a professional boxer and truck driver, until he changed course,

taught himself architecture and eventually became one of the Great Fathers of contemporary. Ando has completed an

almost endless list of buildings both in Japan and other countries, and his buildings all demonstrate the celebration of

classical beauty: austere, yet complex compositions of geometric shapes, impressive in situ concrete elements and

striking daylight effects are among Ando's trademarks became one of the Great Fathers of contemporary architecture.

“I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture”-Tadao Ando



Site plan: Sections:

Bianchi Residence by Mario Botta

THE BIANCHI RESIDENCE WAS DESIGNED FOR A SWISS COUPLE, CARLO AND LEONTINA BIANCHI.

THE BUILDING WAS MADE IN MIND OF SUPPORTING TWO CHILDREN.

THE BIANCHI RESIDENCE WAS BUILT IN THE RURAL UPLAND AREA OF SWITZERLAND

IT WAS BUILT IN 1971 NEAR LAKE LAGUNO AT THE CANTON OF TICINO CLOSE TO RIVA SAN VITALE

ITS EXACT COORDINATES ARE 45˚55’2’’ N, 8˚58’10’’E

MARIO BOTTA

WAS BORN IN APRIL 1, 1943

A SWISS ARCHITECT

STARTED DESIGNING AT THE AGE OF 16 STUDIED IN LICEO, ARTISICO, A SECONDARY SCHOOL AND SPECIALIZES IN ART

WENT TO UIAV, A UNIVERSITY FOR ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, AND URBAN PLANNING

DESIGN ARE OFTEN GEOMETRIC WITH A SENSE OF DIFFERENT SHAPES AND VOLUMES

THE BEDROOM OF THE HOUSE WAS INTENTIONALLY PLACED

BELOW THE ENTRANCE SO THAT THE COUPLE CARLO AND

LEONTINA BIANCHI CAN ACT AS THE GATEKEEPERS.

THE BIANCHI RESIDENCE WAS COINED AN UPSIDE DOWN

HOUSE BECAUSE ITS STAIRCASE AND ENTRANCE IS

LOCATED AT THE ROOF OF THE RESIDENCE.

THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE THE GREAT

VIEW OF ITS LOCATION.

THE METAL BRIDGE CONNECTS AND MAKES THE PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP OF THE BUILDING AND THE MOUNTAIN.



THE RESIDENCE OF THE BIANCHIS ARE MOSTLY COMPOSED OF VERTICAL GEOMETRIC SLABS OF MASS, THEREFORE

REGAINING ITS IMPORTANCE WHEN COMPARED TO THE VERTICALITY OF THE MOUNTAINS

THE DESIGN OF THE BIANCHI RESIDENCE IS STILL CURRENT FOR ITS AGE.

Falling Water by Frank Lloyd Wright

Project description:

It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kaufmann family.

Fallingwater was built between 1936and 1939.

The Fallingwater is a house that stretches over a 30’ waterfall.

There were four materials used to build the Fallingwater - sandstone, reinforced concrete, steel and glass.

Location:

Fallingwater is located in southwest Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

The house is located along PA Route 381 between the villages of Mill Run and Ohiopyle. Connellsville,

Pennsylvania

Frank Lloyd Wright

June 8, 1867 - April 9, 1959

Frank designed structures that were in harmony with humanity and the environment. One of them being the

Fallingwater. He called this philosophy Organic Architecture.

Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all

time"

Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The Farnsworth House was designed and constructed by

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945-51. It is a one-

room weekend retreat in a once-rural setting, located 55

miles (89 km) southwest of Chicago's downtown on a 60-acre (24 ha) estate site, adjoining the Fox River, south of

the city of Plano, Illinois. The steel and glass house was

commissioned by Dr. Edith Farnsworth, a prominent

Chicago nephrologist, as a place where she could engage in

her hobbies: playing the violin, translating poetry, and

enjoying nature. Mies created a 1,500-square-foot (140 m2)

house that is widely recognized as an iconic masterpiece of

International Style of architecture. The home was

designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006, after

joining the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The

house is currently owned and operated as a house museum by the historic preservation group, National Trust forHistoric Preservation.

In September 2008, the house was flooded by rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ike. Water levels reached about 18

inches (46 cm) above the floor and the 5 foot (1.5 m) stilts upon which the house rests. Much of the furniture was saved

by elevating it above the flood waters. The house was closed to the public for the remainder of 2008 for repairs and

reopened for public visitation in spring 2009.

Location: 14520 River Rd, Plano, Illinois 60545, United States



Ludwig Mies van de Rohe

March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969

One of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.

He is often associated with his quotation of the aphorisms, "less is more" and "God is in the details".

“Architecture epitomises the human being’s spatial confrontation with his environment; it expresses how he

asserts himself in it and how he manages to master it.” – Mies van de Rohe

Sea Ranch Condominium by Charles Willard Moore

Project Description:

Inspiration: Local Agriculture

Buildings are a hybrid of modern and vernacular architecture

AKA “Third bay tradition” AKA “ Sea ranch Style”

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300 full time residents

2400 homes

Unincorporated community

Census designated place

Popular vacation spot

Location: USA, California County: Sonoma

38 degrees 42’ 55’’ NORTH

123 degrees 27’ 16’’ WEST

AR. Charles Willard Moore

Birth place: Benton Harbor, Michigan

School: University of Michigan, BS

Architecture

Princeton University, PhD

Other projects: California Yale Building

Site plan location:

Moore designed the “Sea Ranch Condominium” in such a way that the building becomes part of the landscape, and not

subordinate or be dominant over the other.

EX: The unpainted woods : Which subdue the appearance of the building in the landscape.

Villa Capra La Rotunda by Andrea Palladio


Background: The Villa Capra “La Rotunda” was built during the Renaissance. A priest, Paolo Almerico commissioned

Palladio to make him a house for his retirement but both Almerico and Palladio never got the chance to see the housecompleted before they died. Located just outside Vicenza, the Villa Capra is situated on top of a hill surrounded by green

meadows which connotes a more peaceful place, perhaps a place closer to God, where God is the center of everything.

Importance: Its unique design, a façade is almost always visible regardless of which side you are: the viewer who walks

around the villa never encounters a non-favorable angle. The Villa La Rotonda, would become one of the most

recognizable buildings of the Renaissance. It is a building that incorporates ancient Roman classical models with a touch

of innovative design and considered to be a paradigm of architectural excellence for future generations of architects

across the world.



Location:

Vicenza, Italy

Province in the Veneto region

Rich in history and culture

Home to many museums, villas, piazzas, and Churches

Teatro Olimpico, Palladian villas of Veneto

(villas designed by Andrea Palladio)

Andrea Palladio

Italian, architect of Villa La Rotunda.

Nov. 30 1508 – Aug. 19, 1580

(Renaissance period)

Works are mostly villas, palaces, and Churches.

Palladian architecture

The Vanna Venturi House by Robert Charles Venturi Jr.

One of the first prominent works of the postmodern

architecture movement.

It’s structure is made out of light wood frame

There are two floors plus a basement

Floor area is 1,800 sq ft (170 m2)

Project Year: 1962-1964

The house was sold in 1973 .

The house is not open to the public.

Location: located in the neighborhood of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ROBERT CHARLES VENTURI JR.

American Architect

Born on June 25, 1925

Born in Philadelphia to Robert Venturi, Sr. and Vanna (née Luizi) Venturi

He is the founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, and one of the major of

architectural figures in the twentieth century

Graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1947

Was awarded Pritzker Prize in Architecture 1991

“ Less is a bore”- Robert Charles Venturi Jr.

Villa Savoye by Charles-Edouard Jenneret Gris



Location: Situated at Poissy, a small commune outside of Paris, France



Gehry’s California House by Frank O. Gehry


The house is wrapped around three sides of the old house on the ground floor, extending the house towards the street

and leaving the exterior of the existing home almost untouched. The interior went through a considerable amount of

changes on both if its two levels.

It makes use of unconventional materials such as chain link fences and corrugated steel. It is sometimes considered one

of the earliest deconstructivist buildings, although Gehry himself denies that it was deconstructivism.

Location:

Gehry’s California House is located on the corner of 22nd Street and Washington Avenue in Santa Monica, California.

Frank Owen Gehry

”Companion of the order of Canada”

Born on February 28, 1929 Canadian-American Pritzker Prize –winning architect-based in Los Angeles.

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